LUBBOCK — Spring rains have revived much of the green grass covering stretches of plains in the Texas Panhandle — the same land that, just three months ago, was black from fire and ash after wildfires burned more than 1 million acres across the region.
The land is slowly healing from its scars. And yet, the devastation still haunts those who call the Panhandle home.
“The lands recover faster than the people,” said Janet Guthrie a Canadian resident who raises cattle in Hemphill County.
Guthrie is one case of survivor’s guilt that echoes through the northern Panhandle as residents in the rural region continue to rebuild their lives after several fires raged in late February and early March. Her pasture burned, along with part of her yard, while many of her neighbors lost more, she said.
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